Six hundred and seventieth chapters self-opening gate
The battle on the four city walls started almost at the same time.
The Liu family's private army could barely be said to be well-trained, so after the order to attack the city was issued, although their hearts were still full of fear of the mysterious weapons in the hands of the Heyang defenders, these private soldiers still had to follow the military orders.
At the request, they vigorously charged against the city wall.
The catapults have all been assembled at the rear, and the siege ladders have also been put into use.
Normally, the next step should be a competition between the number of people who can participate in the battle, and then the absolutely stronger side will use their numerical advantage to oppress the weaker side.
This is the basic law of war.
In any war, there is no real victory between the weak and the strong.
All war processes and results must conform to the law of bullying the weak by the strong.
Even in a battle, if the seemingly relatively weak side can achieve final victory, it must have changed the situation of strength and weakness in some local aspects.
Concentrate superior forces to defeat the enemy one by one, continuously accumulate results, and ultimately achieve overall victory.
In the final analysis, it is still the stronger side locally.
This pattern is even more obvious in the wars of the cold weapon era.
But now, as Jiang Fan has brought modern thermal weapons into other worlds, the way of war has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The number of people no longer becomes the fundamental factor in comparing each other's strength in war.
The age gap in weapons can ultimately reflect the true strength and weakness of both sides' combat power!
When the Liu family's private army on the four walls rushed to a distance of about twenty meters, the Lin family members standing on the four walls began to throw grenades at the bottom of the city like crazy!
The landing points of these grenades were extremely precise, and they basically all hit the places with the highest concentration of people, as well as those newly built siege ladders.
The roar echoed throughout the countryside!
The screams kept coming and going.
The trebuchets at the rear began to throw boulders, hoping to cause some damage to the defenders on the city wall.
But the eighth-level experts arranged by the Lin family on the four walls could easily jump into the air and intercept the huge rocks thrown by these trebuchets!
The giant trebuchet was a strategic weapon in this era, and due to the difficulty of construction, its use was extremely restricted. During the march, even if the trebuchet was disassembled, it was difficult to carry many, so the number was never large.
At this time, in order to cover the retreat of the large army, all the giant trebuchets carried by the army were set up, but they were distributed under the four walls, and the number seemed very pitiful.
Under each city wall, only four giant trebuchets could be arranged. In addition, qualified stone materials were limited, making the process of intercepting these huge stones very comfortable for the eighth-grade Lin family members on the city wall.
There is absolutely no need to be in a hurry.
A large number of grenades hit the ground like hail. Although they cannot mow down enemies in pieces like heavy machine guns and block all enemies on a life-and-death line, these grenades can cause more damage than heavy machine guns.
Much crueler!
He was knocked down by bullets from a heavy machine gun and basically died on the spot.
But most of the people who were hit by grenades were seriously injured!
Except for a few people at the center who were killed on the spot, the others were either left with missing arms or legs, or were left with wounds all over their bodies and dripping with blood.
Unable to die on the spot, the screams and miserable appearance will cause a huge psychological deterrent to the Liu family's private troops who continue to charge behind.
However, grenades were still being dropped intensively, and more and more people were seriously injured. There was a wailing under the city wall, like purgatory.
A few lucky soldiers broke through the blockade formed by grenades, but when they got to the city, they found that almost all the siege ladders had been destroyed by grenades. They just stood there under the city, unable to do anything.
Without a siege ladder or a door hammer, it would be impossible to climb a towering city wall several feet high with just your hands.
Siege warfare in this era is very boring, and there are no so-called weird tricks.
It is to use various siege equipment, and then use human lives to fill in the trenches, roll rocks, thunder, wood, and kerosene, and then use siege ladders as a medium to climb up the city wall. By occupying a small area on the wall, step by step, gradually,
Capture the entire city wall.
Therefore, if you want to attack a city, numerical superiority is essential.
Ten means to encircle it, and five means to attack it.
In a siege battle, the attacker's numerical advantage must be at least five times that of the defender. This can ensure the chance of winning the siege battle.
Of course, other means, such as deceiving the city gates to open and arranging internal responses in advance, are not impossible, but they are very difficult to implement.
Even if there is no generational difference between the weapons of each other, it would still require five times the military strength to attack the city. Nowadays, the age gap in weapons is so great that it is difficult to fill the manpower. It is conceivable how desperate this process of siege will be.
More and more soldiers rushed to the city wall.
In order to prevent the grenade from blowing down the city wall, the throwing distance of the grenade is always kept within a range of about 20 meters outside the city wall.
As long as you cross this range, you will be temporarily safe.
But the problem is, no matter how many soldiers rush over, they can't climb the city wall.
Having lost all their siege equipment, these soldiers stood under the city wall, each with a blank look on their face.
What should we do next? Just stand here and wait?
Behind him were the roars that were still ringing out, and Pao Ze who was still dying miserably.
There is a cold city wall ahead, and the heavy city gate has been closed. It is absolutely fantastic to try to push the city gate open with human power.
What about them...what are they?
Suddenly, it seemed as if this war had nothing to do with them.
But what's the point of them rushing here with all their might?
No one can give the answer.
Nearly half of the 20,000 grenades Jiang Fan brought were thrown out in a very short period of time!
Under the bombardment of tens of thousands of grenades, the 100,000 Liu family's private troops attacking the city suffered heavy casualties!
Nearly 40,000 to 50,000 people were either killed or injured by the bombing, while the remaining people were completely shocked by the bombing.
There were almost tens of thousands of soldiers gathered under the city wall and in front of the city gates on all sides.
But these soldiers just stood there blankly, not knowing what to do next.
The other soldiers who were still alive also lost the courage to continue charging.
The generals leading the team did not dare to urge too much. Everyone could see that the soldiers were already on the verge of collapse. If they continued to supervise the battle at this time, the greatest possibility would be to cause a mutiny, and then these generals would be torn to pieces by the mutinous soldiers on the spot.
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At this moment, the thick city gates under the four walls were suddenly opened...